Try progressing on to the next season, staying with the same club, and your budget going from £50 million, to NEGATIVE £2.1 billion. That's right, billion!!
EA need to sort manager mode out, main reason I buy the game!

i started with sheffield wednesday and progressed to the premiership, however having achieved some comprehensive wins against the bigger teams, cup competitons featuring lower league teams or teams at the bottom of the PL are almost unplayable. With far superior strength and speed, i just wondered if its me being an amateur or whether such occurence are deliberately written into the game. I have to say its *******! annoying!

I think manager mode is absolutley pathetic!
Twice I've got half way through a season with Manchester United and twice I've been sacked because I got knocked out of the F.A cup against Arsenal the first time and Chelsea the second. Now, the first time I thought they sacked me because I did have the board difficulty set on 'legendary'. But for my second attempt in manager mode I had board difficulty on amateur and still got sacked. Now, I know its all about realism. As a rookie manager to take on Manchester United the board are not likely to show any leaniency if there to be knocked out of the FA cup, except IF THERE TOP OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE BY 12 POINTS WITH 3 GAMES IN HAND!! Honestly, I cannot beleive this. Its a joke, I just want to play as Manchester United on top level , competeing in all major tournaments throughout a 15 season challenge of trying to gain success in these major competitions without worring about getting the sack if I dont win for every single match every single second!!!! I've read loads of forums and I cant believe how calm people are being over this, no-one has expressed hardly any dissatisfaction about this!!! Why couldnt the board difficulty just of been made an option to turn on/off. Honestly I own both PES and FIFA and prefer FIFA but this just takes the biscuit!! Im telling ya! Why in god's name should I waste my GODAMM time playing through over half a season TWICE in manager mode only to get the sack for the most pathteic reasons. I'll put my copy of FIFA on the shelf until EA do something about this. Its just unbelievable, ALL I WANNA DO IS PROGRESS THROUGH SEASONS PLAYING AS MAN UTD!!!! I've paid £27.97, WHY CANT THIS GAME WHICH SO BOLDLY BOASTS ABOUT BEING "the best football simulation game ever" Do just one of the basic functions like its predecessor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????/